Labour Inducing Gelato, who knew?

Scout says, "Apparently there is a gelato shoppe in Ottawa that sells labour inducing gelato." She says this like it's completely a normal thing. I respond (like it's completely normal thing), "hey, I'll take you guys out for gelato tomorrow afternoon if you like."

We agree that it is a good idea.

So today, after we check out the parish garage sale, where we exclusively buy books, and tour through Little Italy (it's Italian Car Day in Little Italy...and the red Ferraris are lining the streets as are cool looking Ferrari owners)...we head over the gelato shoppe for the completely normal labour inducing gelato.  It's called Stella Luna and you can even check it out here on the local news.

We arrive and place our order.  The gelato scooper person says, "are you wanting the labour inducing gelato?" Exactly like it's a completely normal thing.  "YES." He has to go get it from the back.

It's Special.

"It's on the house."

Bonus.  Free gelato.  I wish I was about to give birth.  Actually, I'm okay paying for my gelato.  I've had my day.   And so we eat gelato.  If baby doesn't arrive by tomorrow, we still got to eat gelato today.  We might get to eat gelato every day.

And then, bonus upon endless bonus...a priest (known to my daughter and her husband) walks into the gelato shoppe, he orders gelato, blesses the baby and we are on our way, satisfied that blessings rain down upon us.  

I would like to qualify that labour inducing gelato is actually not a normal thing.  In case this post led anyone to believe otherwise.